The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-10-03, Page 102,50 A Year 111 Advance—$1,00 Extra To U.S.A.
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Fair Crowd Cut In Half
By Fine Sunny Weather
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCT, 3rd -5.
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- Fine sunny weather Smiled on
the 91st annual Lucknow Fall
' Fair held lin the Caledonian
• tark. last Wednesday. The Fair,
.whioh is sponsored; by the Agri-
cultural Society, ,was Cut in half,
attendance • because Of the
fine harvest weather. Quite in
evidence was the. fact that the
majority of attendants were fe•'•
• =ale,. •
Indoor, exhibits were of -a fine
quality with a large number of
entrants:. •• _
Fine Parade
'Hanover Girls Bugle Band led
the, fine parade through main
• street, to the park. Seven. rural
schools marched; along with the
LucknoW Public Sehool. The
seven scheels, included S.S.
• Kinloss (Mks. Lorne Johnston);
B.S. 9, Ashfield (Mrs, Wm. An-
drew); S.S. 9, Kinloss (Miss Lois
Xtibey); S.S. 3, Kinloss (Mari-
lyn Carruthers); S.S. 13, Ash -
.field (Mrs. Grant Parrish); S.S.
/2, Wed Wawanosh (Mrs. George
fisher);111-Liett Township.
De-
corated were numerous,
but. #4,year the Kairshee Insti-
tute•of.Kinlets was the only •float
entered. •• •
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Opens 'Fair
' The parade .assernbled on. the
;ball field where 'Elston Cardiff,
• of Brussels, M.P. for Huron, of -
opened the fair. Mr:-Cai-
diff Commented on the :fine fair
Lucknow always ' put on, and
7-stresged it an honor W-be.chos-
•eri. to open • if. Mr. Cardiff won-
dered .if the public really , an-
preciate the effort put. into the
fairs .by the sponsoring societies:
• and, the exhibitors. He :stressed
agricultuie as the • back •:bone of
the, •country.. •Wm„ MacIritYre,
president of the. Fair, ---Spoke
briefly-, along With, John W.
Hanna and Andrew •R,obiris'un..
Donald Blueof Ripley. was. m's -
ler of ceremonies.
, Award Prizes
Prizes for the best. decorated
bicycle were won by Barbara
Pardon, Mary. Bea Purdon, Carl
Gibbs; Joan MacKenzie,. Jane
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Joynt and Neddy Martin in that
order. Kairshea Institute won the
prize for the., floats being the
entry. In -the school Chorus
and yell competition, S.S..7,'
Kin-
ldss No: 13:
Ashfield, No. 12 West Wawanosh;
No. 9 ‘Ashfield, •No. 9 Kinloss
••and No. 3 Kinloss in that order.
• In the, pulblic school square
• ---dence-,•competition ,whiCh drew
seven .entries, first prize Went to
No. 13 Ashfield, .second to •No.
9 Ashfield and .third to the sen-
• ior pupils frorn.Hullet.
.. • rabliC Speaking Winner
, As was the case -last .year, Bar.-
bara Wareing,, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Wareing of Asli,.
field, was the lone entry in the
public speaking, contest. Bar-
bara .won the first prize of $4.,
•• Still Cow Calling Champ
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Mrs. Jim- Nelson is still the
champion cow caller for Luck,
now .and vicinity.. ,Mrs. Nelson
won the first prize last year and
duplicatedthe win again this
tnrie. Mrs. Burt Roach Was:Lieu-
orid and Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall
was third. Nine ladies entered
the event. • •
Judges for the events were
Mrs. J. W. Joynt, Elston Cardiff
and P. W. Hoag.
Race Results
iRetults in the public school
• races were:, boys 6 and 7, Ricky
Jardiner Gary Carruthers; glrIS
6 anc10,7; Sharon Mowbray; boys
Band 9, Peter Steer, Brian Con-
-gram;. girls 8 and 9, ' Barbara'
Pinder), Carol 1VfacIntyre; boys
IO and 11, Kenneth Houston,
(Gordon 'MacNay, Ross Forster)
tied; .girls 10 and 11, Marilyn.
Henderson,' Linda Button; boys
12 and over, Paul Henderson, Joe
Marriott and Paul Emberlin
• (tied); girls • 12 and over, Bar-
bara Wareing, Lorna Hovtald;
100 yard dash, Harold' Smith, Jini
Gardner; boys' bicycle race, Paul
Henderson, Jim Gardner, Paul
• The Fair concluded. • • with a
concert e--. in the Town
Hall in the evening • that drew
a concert was provided. bythe
concert was providedby the.
Country Squires ' of I,istowel
and Henderson's 'orchestra play-
ed' for the dance.
WINNERS OF EATON
BACON HOG SPECIAL
The secretary ef the Fair
Board, Alex T, MacNay, has re-
ceived the placing in the T.,
Eaton Bacon Hog Special 'at the
Fair: The thirty-one entries were
judged .on .the carcass basis and,
placed in order as follows: David
Hackett,' R.:.; Dick Kilpatrielt, R.
7; Gordon Kirkland; R. 3; Dick
Kilpatrick, R. 7; Gordon Struth-
_ers,-R.•The -champion-carcass-
award went to George .1Vfoncrief
and. .the reserve ,tharapion to.
'Charles Anderson. -
ORDAIN. MINISTER
.ATWHJTECHURCH
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Mr... Angus MacKay, who. for
twenty-nine years has served the
Presbyterian :Church in 'Canada
as missionary and teacher on
ibe Jhansi field in India, was or-
dained into the }rely Ministry of
the. Church of Jesus Christ at
an impressiVre service in. Chal-
mers'
' Presbyterian Church at
Whifechurch, on TtiesdaY, ever!,
Mg, ,September 25th. The serViice
was condlicted by• the Reverend.
William Mitchell, B A, Kinear-
dine, Moderator Of the Presby-
tery of liuron-:Maitland.
-The • Rev. Russell Self MA...
*M.Th.., who returns shortly to
the Jhansi field in India brought
tgreetings from the General As-
sembly's Board of Missions and
preached the sermon: • He paid
high ti ibUte to Mr. MacKay's
zeal for the Master and challeng-
ed a large congregation on the
true meaning of being a 'Christ-
ian neighbor, The Rev..John Pol-
lock, B.A., Wingham, whO was
-Whiteelirch :--when
Mr. MacKay heard the call to
serve in India, . counselled him
as a fellow *minister: •
Mr.. MacKay went to India in
volunteer worker and
'teacher and through the years
has pioneered teaching. in jungle
villages. The general.asserribly of
the church last June authorized
his home presbytery .to erdain.
iri. VieWOf his valuable ter -
vice, „•
Many friends were present • at
the close of the service for an
hour of fellowship when lunch
was seryed. The Rev Angus Mac-
Kay on behalf of the Session
was presented with a Bible and
l3Opk of. Praise by Johnston Conn.
Betides, the Wioinen's MissiOn-.
ary Society gaVe Mr. and Mrs.
MacKay a travelling, and 'brief
sident of the Ladies Aid read
the address and. Mrs. .Dawson
'Craig and Mrs. Don Ross made
the presentation. Thep offering Of
Over $100 will go for work ori
the Jhansi field. . •
Relatives present at tbe or-•
dihation included Mrs, MacKay
and two ehildi•en, Donald and
Mary 'Ellen: three .brothers, Gor-
don . •of Witigham, Charles of
Dunnville and Mr. and Mrs. iDan
IVfacKay -Of Gdelph: five sisters,
Misses Agnes and Bertha Mac-
Kay of London;•'Mr.
.and
Mrs.
Alex Pardon of Lucknow, Mrt,
James Markle of Hamilton, and
Mrs. George 'Markle of •'Vancou-
yer. Nieces, nephews, cousins and
numerous other relatives were
;else pre,,..ent at the se rvce.
NO PRIZE LIST. •
• Because of shortage of help
through the ..present • weeks,
and the magnitude of the
job, we will not :be publish- •
ing a complete list of prize •
• winners at the Lucknow Fall
Fair •as in previous years,
,We hope the readers will
• • appreciate our plight. •
DUNGANNO.N ,FAIR •
SHOWS 'DECREASE
• Vi decrease in attendanee Was
otiite eVident, at the Dungannon
'Fall Pair held at the Dungan-
non agrieultural grounds Thurs-
day last. Fine stinny, .weather,
suitable for harvest work, was
the answer 'to the decrease. The
Dungannon Fair Board, cornpris-
ed of president A. J. SherveoO'd,
vice-presidents, •Ralph. Gbdfrey
and Mel Dickson And secretary
Marvin Durnin; had .as fine a
program as can be seen at a!one-
day fair 'anyWhere,
The fair, was offiCially oPened
by Mayor J..E. Ilueking of God-;
erich. Others to speak included
A.esidezit A. Sherwood,' Elton
Cardiff, MP for Huron and John
W. •Hanna, MLA for Huron
Bruce. Donald a Blue of Ripley
was master of ceremonies.
, •Riee Winners.
• Free-forall,' Purse $160, Char-
lie, !Chips,' N. '11,1cRann, Clande-
boye; non -winners of $500, purse
of 4135, . Valuable Jerry Lee, G.
Caldwell, •Goderich; , open run
ning race, purse $100, Seth 13u11,
H. Best; Flesherton; pony : race
-1-2-hands and under,- purse $10,
Champ, 'Best, Flesherton; pony
race, ,14 hands and over 12, purse
$10, Princess, H. .Best •Flesher -
ton, hurdle ,jtunping, purse $60,
Tony, Edna Stewattlbert.
An aeciderit marred the harn7
ness racing 'when Robert Canip-
•nell of Seaforth as. spilled from
the sulky and dragged for adis-
Fortunateiy he :Was not
trampled, but did suffer a brok-.
en leg. He was removed to hoS7
pita at .Seaforth.
Robert' Kirkby of Walton' won
a blanket for registering the fast-
est. heat of the day., Driving Mc-
Lellan Bay; he wasonly 15 sec-
onds ever -two minutes in the 1st
heat of the free-for-all:
Fine 4 -II Program
• Judge • George • Aylard of the,
Canada Department' of Agricul-
ture-' complimented the Dungan-
non 4-H Beef and Swine Cluibs
'for the, excellent showing made.
Bill Andrew had the.chaMpion
steer in. the •show. scoring 385
points Out_of__a_possible 400. Lois
-Webster was close. behind with
383 points. Others in the steer
section in the order that they
Placed were' Archie Van Dongen;
Mike Dalton,•florlald Myers,.Ter-
ry Dalton.
In the heifer section John An-
drew was top with. 379 points
out of40�. Jim Martin was see,
ond •with. 378 points. Others in
order were' ,G-eorge Collinson,
Danny Dalton. '
Lois Webster won the honor
for .shoWmaiiship scering 05 pts:
out of 100. Wl1 Andrew was 2nd
with 83 points. Others in order
in the top five were Mike Dal-
ton; Jim Martin, Archie Van
Dongen.
. Swine' SectiOn.
Donald Kirkland was top in
the Swine Chib competition Scor-
ing 388 points out of 400. Ken-
neth Alton' was a close second
With 382. ,Others •in order 'were
David Kirkalnel, Bob Harris, Bar-
ry IVIcDonagho
avid Kirkland was topshOW-
man. in, the swine class seoring
85 points out .of 100. 13rother
Donald Kirkland was a.close sec-
ond •with 84. Others in order
were Bob. Harris, Kenneth Alton,
Barry MCDonagh. • '"
J. D, Dtvnin and Arnold. Alton
are leaders of the Dungannon
Swine Club, and Chester Finni-
gan and John Claisk are leaders
of the, Calf :Club. • •
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FINE SHOW BY
LOCAL CALF CLUB
Lucknow Fall Fair day was the
climax of *the season as far as
the Lucknow 4-H Calf. Club was
concerned, It .was a very suc-
cessful and beneficial .season for
members with both a dairy and
beef section operating this year.
Club, leaders are TOITI_Todd, Geo.
Kennedy and Murray Gaunt.. All
members showed their calves at
the fair last Wednesday,
• Barry McQuillin Was top in
the steer section scoring- 390 pts'
out of a possible 400. Crawford.
McNeil placed second with 385
points. Other members in the
steer section in the order they
placed were Leroy Rintoitl; Gary
Ilintbul, Terry Wilson, J i m
Lyons, Kenneth Alton, Bob Har-
ris, 'Dick Curran and Jim°1iVat-
son. .• • .
• Ann Todd. was the Winner in
the beef heifer sec' tion scoring
388 points out of, 400. Mary Al-
ton was second with 385 points.
Others in this class in the order
of placing were Jack Kennedy,
Dorothy Parrish, Robert Watson.
In the ' dairy section of - the
Lucknow Club which is new this
year Betty Alton was first With
g85 points out of 400:Marjorie
Alton was second 'and David
<Kirkland was third.
Barry McQuillin was the top
Man in showmanship scoring '90
points. out Of ,a ,possible . 100.
Crawford McNeil was only one
point behind scoring • 89. Others
in order' in the top five were
Leroy Rintoul,fLarry Rintoul and
David Kirklancj.•
MARRIED AT WATERLOO
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The marriage was solemnized
at. the • Presbyterian Manse in
Waterloo, on Friday, Septernber
28th, of Arthur Baker, son of
Mr. and Mrs Ed Baker .6I'Luck-
now, :and .Eva Shantz of Baden:
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BORN • .
ALTOINI—in Wingham BbsPitai
Wednesday, September 26th to
Mr. and Mrs.' Jack Alton, R. 7,
Lucknow, a son,' a brother for
Shelley.
Oat,
DR. CORRIN. IS •
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HOSPITAL PATIENT
Dr. M. H. Corrin is M Wing -
ham Hospital suffering from" en-
sophilitis, and:it is expected that
he will be a hospital patient for
at least three weeks. This week
he has been in isolation with
Mrs. Corrin being the only one
vto _see_ him,
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The disease has the same symp-
toms as polio but very 'Seldom
leaves . any, permanent damage.
br. Was stricken last
Wednesday. He was in h,ospital
some time ago with the same
illness. '' • '
• OBSERVES 94th BIRTHDAY
Congratulations and best wish-
es go out this week ' to, Mrs.
David Kennedy of .Whitechureh
•who org,, Monday, October Ist,
celebrated her 94th birthday ; A
family gathering was held on
Sunday. • ,
Kennedy was bern near
Seaforth,and came to the White-
church district as a young giri
Out of•a family of eleven, four
sons and three daughters still •
surviVe. She -has eleven .grand-
children, 20 great grandchildren
and three ' great, great grand-
children. . .•
NEW MAIL HOURS
.NOW IN EFFECT
Effective ..last Sunday the new
mail system Went. into •effect
causing a complete alteration of
s.eheditles_ for _incoming and
onttgoing mails at the local post
office: • - •
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All mail going *north for Holy -
rood, Ripley and Ifiricardine will .
leave Lucknow tWice daily • ex-
cePt• Sunday at :& arre• and 1.45
p.m.. All 'maii should be posted
by 7.45 a.m. and l3Qpm- All Lucknow ..twice daily • except
Sunday at 12.32 p.in. and; 5.16
p.m.,Ai]. mail •shOuld be posted • •
by .12 noon and 4,30 p.m. .: .
There -will be 'a mail pick-up
on
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oh Sundays at 5.16 p.m. Mail go-
ing down on Sundays shouldbe
posted by 4.30 'pni
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Young ,Huron Township Farmer
Is Vidini In Threshing Mishap
PLAYHOUSE.'CLOSES AGAIN,
LIKELY THIS TIME FOR, GOOD
Lucknow Playhouse. Theatre
closed its doors after Saturday
night's perferma•nce. After being
unsuccessfully run as a private
enterprise -several • times, the
ibusine men of Lucknow oper-
ated tle show until several
weeks a o Wh6n they gav'e "up
the venture which wasn't even
breaking even. 'Sincethe busi-
nes Men's Association gave up
the sponsorship, Gordon Mont-
goinery has endeavoured to keep
it running, On Saturday Gordon
:decided . to close the doors.
BOB MORTON
GOES TO GERMANY
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Bob korton, son of Mr. and•
Mrt.' 'Albert Morton, has been.
posted to. Germany with- the
RCAF.. '
Bob, who has been in the' Air
Force practically two years,
presently spending a leave with
hit parents prior to departure.
He is scheduled to•fly from Mon-
treal on October. 20th to the
Baden Soellingen base in Ger-
many. This is „the same base as
Lloyd BarkWell-is presently-sta;
tioned at. •
Bob has been 'stationed at the
air: base at MacDonald, Mani-
toba. Prior to departure he is
scheduledto write his third
group .exam at Clinton on the
15th of ,October. „
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Bob Cdurtney, popular and
well knaWri :Young Huron Town-
ship farmer, lost his left foot in
a threshing mishap last Wednes-
day afternoon. • • • .
Threshing operations were. un-
derway' at the Courtney farm • '4' •
at the time of the accident , about
3,p n, and Bob as alone at
the ,thaoliine. The ther thresh-
ers, including his father, :Archie
CotirtneY, were in the .field for
another , load, when the wood
planking on top of the cylinder
broke and Bob's leg became
caught between the 'cylinder and
the beater. Bob was able t� hang
on from being drawn into the
machine, and this -fact probably
saved his life.
Fortunately, his ,brother7in-latv,
Carman lYfcLeedarrived at the
ar
a
farm. about -that -tirrie-and----eres--,-
the first to discover Bob's. plight.
Bob's •cries for .help had gone
unheard to the men in the field. •
He was rushed to Kincardine
Hospital and later to St. Jos-
eph's HOspital, London. The foot
had to be amputated back.. to
the heel; He suffered *a badly
broken leg. . .4;
The following day neighbors
and friends rallied to he with *
his harvest Work. Four Combines,
two threShinrindehirieS-0-65-2A-.. - 7-
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men worked in the bee. '
Mrs. Courtney was the former
lave :Cainpbell, and. they have/
a young family of two boys and
a girl'. At the first of the week
Bob's condition was 'much imt
Proved, .
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